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Learning Solutions Magazine: Blue Sky eLearn Debuts New “Engagement+” Webinars by News Editor
Blue Sky eLearn’s Engagement+ webinars include features such as customized breakout rooms, managed engagement breaks, and attention checks to ensure your audience is paying attention. Blue Sky has also formed partnerships with instructional designers and speaker coaches.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Author-it to Demonstrate Pre-Release Honeycomb LCMS at DevLearn by News Editor
Author-it Software Corporation is bringing a pre-release demonstration of its Honeycomb learning content management system to DevLearn 2016 next week. Honeycomb is the latest version of ASC’s responsive HTML5 output for delivering learning and assessment on desktops, tablets, and smartphones.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Bottom-Line Performance Announces New Knowledge Guru App at DevLearn: Drive by News Editor
Bottom-Line Performance is announcing Drive, the third app in its Knowledge Guru family of products. Together, the apps use game-based learning, adaptive learning, and microlearning to increase knowledge retention and improve performance.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Mobile Microlearning: A Natural Venue for Spaced Learning by Pamela S. Hogle
Using mobile-friendly microlearning to implement a spaced repetition or spaced learning program can add up to increased engagement that boosts learner performance.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Trivantis to Showcase Lectora Authoring Tool at DevLearn by News Editor
DevLearn attendees can stop by the Trivantis booth next week to learn what’s new in the upcoming release of Lectora 17. New features include BranchTrack, a tool for easily building branching scenarios to include in eLearning courses, and Seamless Play, which will allow for seamless transitions within a published course.
edX: Improve Your Writing Skills with 6 Free Online Courses
Words are powerful. They inspire greatness and effect change. They start movements and empower leaders. They have the power to get you hired, get you promoted and, if used incorrectly, get you fired. Combine the power of words with the ease and speed of email and social distribution in the digital age and one can quickly see that it has never been more important to... Read More about Improve Your Writing Skills with 6 Free Online Courses The post Improve Your Writing Skills with 6 Free Online Courses appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: HT2 Labs Showcases Next-Generation, xAPI-Powered Learning Ecosystem at DevLearn by News Editor
Using Learning Locker LRS as the backbone for a range of solutions to L&D’s biggest challenges, HT2 Labs specializes in helping organizations improve student success rates and reducing time to competency by adopting a “plan, learn, measure” approach.
Learning Solutions Magazine: BizLibrary Introduces Reinforcement Boosters to Online Employee Training Library by News Editor
BizLibrary, a leading provider of online employee training solutions, aims to increase learning retention and ROI in training programs with a new feature called Reinforcement Boosters. Microlearning “bursts” and reinforcement “boosts” provide opportunities for learners to practice effortful retrieval.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Meet iSpring Decision Makers at DevLearn to Share Feedback, Find Inspiration by News Editor
At DevLearn 2016, iSpring will present the newest release of iSpring Suite: version 8.5, enhanced to make course creation even more fast and efficient. All visitors to the iSpring booth can receive a 90-day copy of iSpring Suite 8.5.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Buzzword Decoder: Spaced Learning by Pamela S. Hogle
Spaced learning is ideally suited to teaching factual material or processes where you can check understanding by using projects or solving problems. It is intended for use in situations where learners need to acquire a large amount of information quickly.
Learning Solutions Magazine: LearnUpon Announces Major New Enhancement to Award-Winning LMS by News Editor
LearnUpon is releasing a new version of its fully responsive LMS. Reduced administrator time is the main benefit; it will now take learners and admins less time to complete everyday tasks. A new smart search feature allows users to leap forward and apply the action they need straight from search, on any page and on any device.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Nuts and Bolts: Designing for Panic by Jane Bozarth
One of the persistent challenges in our work is finding the line between just enough and too much. Every designer knows the difficulty in staying focused on the tight bits of training that will enable or support performance in ordinary circumstances. But how do you help the learner focus when the learner is in a state of sheer panic?
Learning Solutions Magazine: A New Take on Augmented Reality: Cydalion Navigation App Aids People with Low Vision by Pamela S. Hogle
Cydalion, an augmented reality app based on Tango technology, is a new form of mobile performance support for people with visual disabilities. The app uses tones and vibration to warn users of overhead obstacles and tripping hazards in the environment.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Rapt Media Partners with Kaltura to Drive More Powerful Video Experiences by News Editor
Rapt Media, a leader in groundbreaking interactive video technology, is integrating with Kaltura, the leading video technology provider, to bring enterprise companies a new generation of video that drives deeper engagement through personalization and interaction.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Xprtise: Using Workflow-Based Learning Solutions to Address Critical Business Challenges by News Editor
The experienced team at Xprtise focuses on workplace learning solutions, including performance support and adaptive learning designed for the moment of need. Xprtise will showcase its solutions and technologies next week at DevLearn 2016.
Coursera: Learner story: Building a tea company with Coursera
When Richard Rosenfeld founded Two Leaves and a Bud Tea Company in Basalt, Colorado, neither he nor his partners brought much relevant business experience to their new roles. Professional education options were sparse in their small town, but when Richard heard about Coursera, he saw an opportunity to equip himself and his team with the skills they needed to run a successful company. Soon, all of Richard’s employees were enrolled in relevant courses from The Wharton School’s Business Foundations Specialization. “I’ve watched my employees grow into their jobs,” he says. “That’s gratifying personally, it’s fun to be a part of - and, it’s great for the business.”…
Coursera: Building a tea company with Coursera
When Richard Rosenfeld founded Two Leaves and a Bud Tea Company in Basalt, Colorado, neither he nor his partners brought much relevant business experience to their new roles. Professional education options were sparse in their small town, but when Richard heard about Coursera, he saw an opportunity to equip himself and his team with the […] The post Building a tea company with Coursera appeared first on Coursera Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Why You Should Change the Way You Deliver Training, and How to Do It by Carol Leaman
Modernizing learning means putting the focus on the needs of the organization and ways to propel it forward. This includes new technologies, new methods, and new ways of thinking about learning. Here are nine key initiatives you can use now to begin updating the learning ecosystem of your company, institution, or agency.
OLI. Carnegie Mellon University: FutuOER – The Future of Open Education
OLI Director Norman Bier and Brandon Muramatsu, Associate Director of Strategic Education Initiatives at MIT, have collected the essays written for the discussion panel “FutoOER: Designing the Next Generation of Open Education,” held at the 13th Annual Open Education Conference. ……
OLI. Carnegie Mellon University: 1 Day in the Life: The Simon Initiative and Carnegie Mellon’s Digital Education Revolution
The success of OLI methods of integrating learning science into the educational experience is explored in this One Day in the Life article, which includes a video interview with OLI Director Norman Bier and two students who used the OLI platform when ……